Improvement in fleece-bundling apparatus



,linitnl tatr @aan entre Letters Patent No. 92,916, dated July 20, 1869.

IMPRovnmN-r IN rLnEcn-BUNDnnvG APPARATUS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari:- of the same.

To all whom -flt may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES WALTON, of Roseburg, in the county of Douglass, and State of Oregon, have invented a new and improved Fleece-Bundling Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following isV a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which Will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw' ing, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for bundling ileeces of wool, and other substances of like character, and has for its object to provide a means for accomplishing the same more rapidly, and

.in a better manner, than' can be done by any devices.

now in use.

The invention consists' of a compressing-case, having three iixed sides, two folding sides, and a vertically-moving bottom, in which the wool, or other sub- Stance, is compressed, cords being .previously arranged in the said case, and held by hooks around the bottom, and the prongs of a tiifurcated cover, and other hooks, so that they will encircle the bundle twice laterally, and once longitudinally, for tying, when it has been fully compressed by the folding sides and movable bot-l tom. The cords are disconnected from the bottom hooks by the upward movement of the bottom in compressing the bundle, all as hereinafter more fully described.

Figure l represents aperspective-view of my im-v proved apparatus.

Figure 2 represents details thereo showing the manner of disconnecting the cords from the hooks.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding arts. p A represents a platform, supportinga folding or compressing-case, having three permanentsides, B C D, a hinged side, E, and top, F.

The top of the hinged side E is provided with slots or mortises, and the top, F, is divided into three prongs, the ends of which engage the slots in the side E, when both are folded down upon the wool previously placed in the said case. y

The bottom, G, is movable vertically, and suspended on the short arm of a lever, H,.forthat purpose.

The permanent sides of the case, near 'the bottom,

are provided with hooks, I, swinging, near their upper ends, on pivots, and employed for holding the bindingcord K, which is arranged as follows, previous to' llf ing the case with wool:

The end is fastened to a pin, at L. It is then carlied under a hook at the rear side ofthe case, and up the rear wall, through one of the notches, M, in the cover; thence around to the stud N, on lthe top of the side G; thence down to the hook, I, below; thence across the bottom, to a lhook opposite, and on the part B; thence up to the stud/O thence around another prong of the cover F, to the notch P; thence down to the hook below, aud'across the bottom, and over the lid E, to any place for holding it. Whe n so arranged,

the wool is placed in the case, andthe side E and top, F, closed, to compress it, the cord being freed at the ends, to permit the closing of the side E. The bot-- tom, G, is then pressed-up, to further compress the wool, and in so doing, it turns the hooks, as repre-l sented in red at igf 2, toA disconnect them'from the i cords. The ends of the cord are then looped under the parts passing through the notches M P, and tied over the central prong, after which the bundle is de tached, by slipping the loops 'oil' the prongs lof' the cover, the coverand the side* E being previously disconnected.

Having'thus described my invention,

What I clain as new, and desire to secure byvLe'ty ters Patent, is-' v 1. The combination, with the permanent sides of case, of the hinged side E and pronged cover, wheuarranged substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the same, of a movable bottom and pivoted hooks, when arranged for vdischarging the cord bythe movement of the' bottom, substantially as specified.

'3. .The foregoing combination of vde'vices,"forming a machine wherebyi'leeces of wool, or other compressible substance, may be compressed and tied, subs'tan. i.

JAMES wanton. j

tially as specified.

Witnesses:

LA FAYETTE LANE, y GEO. W. PACK. ,v 

